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No. 589,805. Patented Sept. 14,1897.

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CHARLES ll. BALLEN, OF HIGGINSVILLE, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO Cl'lARL ESIIOEFER, OF SAME PLACE.

RAZOR HONE AND STROP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 589,805, datedSeptember 14, 1897. Application filed April 9, 1897- Serial No. 631,415.(No model.)

threaded opening 13 in the head is the adjusting-screw ll, which passesthrough the perforations 15 in the end of the strop, which is doubledover the head and'bears upon the opposite sides of the same. Thisadjustingscrew has its inner end extending within the en d of the honeand is provided with the handle 16 upon its opposite end. The inner endof this handle 16 bears against the bend 7 in the connecting portion 6of the arms, and the screw moves in the depression formed by the underside of the bend.

From the above description it will be understood that as the handle isrotated the head is moved in or out and the strop tightened or loosened,as desired. hen it is desired to use the hone, the strop is loosened andremoved from the same and the adj HSlZlIlg-SGIBW 7o operated until thehead has reached the limit of its outward movement,when arigidhandlewill he provided for the hone.

The strop may be used as a wall-strop by removing the handle andinserting the frame formed by the arms a and connecting portions 6 overa nail or other device in the wall. The opposite side of the strep maybe used by reversing the position of the hone and turning its convexside toward the wall, the strop So being reversed. The end of the stropbeing movable upon the arms i, the same can be moved outward thereon, sothat the staple formed by the arms may be readily inserted over thesecuring object.

B y using a thin vcneering of grit or abrasive material a much highergrade may be used than if the hone was composed entirely of the same.

By reason of the convex surface the razor may be kept hollow-ground, asthe steel may be cut therefrom at the particular place where it isdesired, as a convex surface fits more closely in the concave surface ofthe razor, as will be clearly understood.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is V 1. In a razor-hone the combination with asupporting-block, of a retaining and guide To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. BALLnw, a citizen of the United States,residing at Higginsville, in the county of Lafayette and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RazorHones and Strops and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers [-3 skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to improvements in razor hones and strops; andthe object of the same is to provide an improved construction I 5 ofhone and strep whereby the latter may be quickly and readily adjusted orremoved from the hone.

The invention consists of the novel features of construction hereinafterparticularly set 20 forth and claimed. 7

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure l is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar viewwith one end of the strop de- 2 5 tached from the hone, showing thedevice for securing and tightening the strep. Fig. 8 is ahorizontalsection through the securing and tightening devices.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1

0 indicates the base or block of the hone, which is convenedlongitudinally upon its upper surface and covered with a thin veneeringor coating 2 of abrasive material.

3 indicates a strep which is attached atone r 5 end to the end of thehone by the arms at, which pass therethrough and into the perforations 5in the end of the hone. These arms are formed of a single piece of metalhaving the connecting portion 6, said portion 40 provided with a centralbend 7, forming depressions 8 on opposite sides thereof. This strep isadapted to extend over the upper and lower sides of the hone and adaptedto extend through the perforations 9. Adjacent the 45 opposite end ofthe same are the pin 10,which are connected at their opposite ends tothe t adjusting-head 11. These pins are adapted to move in thedepressions S of the frame of The the connecting portion 6 of the arms.head is formed with the flanges 12, which bear against the under side ofthe arms 4. and adapted to extend through the central screwmember, astrep detachably secured at one end to the block by said retainingmember, a movable head to which the opposite end of thestrop isattached,said movable head being I r I screw engaging the movable headand the supporting-block, said adjusting screw being guided by the guidemember, and a handle for said adjusting-screw, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES H. BALLEW. Vitnesses:

H. F. CAMPBELL, A. E. AsBURY.

